Breaking News: Fisher and Hohmann Crowned at BCA Open
Posted by: editor on Saturday, May 21, 2005 - 08:41 PM EST

Fisher and Hohmann Crowned at BCA Open by InsidePOOL Staff The 2005 BCA Open 9-Ball Championships crowned two new champions this afternoon at the Riviera Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV.  Allison Fisher and Thorsten Hohmann came through their final matches with aplomb to claim the titles.  Because the matches were taped for television by ESPN for airing in July, the races were shortened to 7, but the alternate-break rule still applied. Fisher met three-time defending champion Karen “The Irish Invader” Corr in the first final match of the day.  In the error-fraught match, both players appeared to struggle, but down 4-2, Fisher finagled two 9 ball combos to tie the score.  They traded the next two racks, and then two final mistakes by Corr put Fisher in the winners’ circle 7-5. In the men’s final, 2003 world champion Hohmann played Johnny Archer, another former world champ.  This match was not nearly as close as the ladies’ was—Hohmann was in dead stroke, and Archer’s problems with his break held him back.  The German broke and ran the first rack and then capitalized o­n Archer’s bad luck to win game after game.  Finally, Archer left “The Hitman” a tough shot o­n the 8 that he made to reach the hill, and then Hohmann broke and ran the final rack to win the match 7-0.